What We Believe

Everyone has a story to tell. It’s how the story is marketed that makes an impact. Public relations is story telling. It’s a powerful and cost effective method of communicating and fostering relationships with an organization’s key audiences to tell that story. When done right, public relations not only builds and protects a company’s brand, but can influence the growth and profitability of the organization.

About Julie Conrad
A strategic communications expert with more than 15 years of experience, Julie partners with organizations to define their story, believe their story and provide cost- and time-effective activities to tell their story.

She is recognized for her effective communication – communication that resonates with the target audience and is inline with marketing and business goals.

Throughout her career, she has crafted and driven communications programs to organizations of all sizes, from the neighborhood grocery store and local electrical contracting firm to organizations as large as ADP, Sanofi-Aventis, MSN and The PGA of America.

Industries represented:

Advertising

Automotive

Business Services

Construction

Grocery/Retail

Healthcare

Manufacturing

Nonprofit

Professional and Amateur Sports

Real Estate

Technology Services

She has partnered with management on crisis and issues management situations and has developed messaging for and media trained several C-level executives and high-profile individuals, including the 2004 and 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup Captains.

Julie spent most of her early career at public relations agencies, including four years with Cohn & Wolfe in New York. She also worked in-house as the public relations manager for an enterprise software provider. There, she was responsible for corporate positioning and communications with media, analysts, investors, employees and partners.

Julie holds a bachelor of arts degree in speech communications from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). An accredited member (APR) of the Public Relations Society of America, Julie has led business training Webinars and radio programs focused on small- to mid-sized business public relations.